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RefNoCLP/4ii/8
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TitlePaper, 'Of the phaenomena of the northern lights observed for some months past at Wittenberg [Germany] taken from his meteorological journal' by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler
Date1 December 1731
DescriptionWeidler describes an aurora borealis observed in 1731.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1732

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Descriptio luminum borealium vitemberga Anno CI ICC XXXII. conspectorum'
LanguageEnglish
Extent10p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0044
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6780Weidler; Johann Friedrich (? 1691 - 1755); mathematician and astronomer? 1691 - 1755
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